I noticed that the Charlton Heston film Dark City from 1950 will be available on DVD this July. Now if they would only release these other prominent Heston films: Counterpoint (1968), Number One (1969), The Hawaiians (1970), Antony and Cleopatra (1972) and Mother Lode (1982).

- William Burge

Retro Responds: To that list, we would add The Private War of Major Benson, The Pigeon That Took Rome, 55 Days at Peking, The Awakening (released on DVD in the UK, but not the USA), The Last Hard Men, and Cecil B. DeMille's The Buccaneer and The President's Lady with Chuck playing Andrew Jackson in both of the latter films. We'd also like to finally see a widescreen release of The Mountain Men instead of the pan-and-scan version currently available.- Lee Pfeiffer

Bray Studios, where so many of the classic British Hammer horror films were shot, is in disrepair and in danger of being demolished. A grass roots effort is underway to rally support to preserve the key buildings. Cinebeats provides an excellent report. Click here to read

Every aspiring actor has a few credits from their early days that cause embarrassment. Paul Newman famously took out trade paper ads apologizing for his performance in his early career disaster The Silver Chalice. Actor/director Michael Paul Stephenson has done one better. He's created a full documentary about the cult movement loyal to his career embarrassment, Troll 2. (Was there really an outcry for a sequel after the first was released?) Stephenson discusses how everyone associated with the film hoped it would not see the light of day - and how humiliated they were when the movie spawned a cult following through cable TV showings and video releases. He's now decided to take the lemon handed him and make lemonade by embracing the low-budget horror flick. Click here for more

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